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Penny Arcade today pretty much sums up my opinion of the Amazon Kindle. Share and Enjoy:

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2009 03 10 mythago Books Comments (1)

Book Peeve

I have an aversion to books that are part of a trilogy or other mult-ology. I’m better with series books, like the Discworld novels or the Old Man’s War novels, where each book is complete by itself, and reading the previous books is helpful but not strictly necessary. But when I’m deciding to invest time [...]

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2009 01 23 mythago Angry
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Writing Comments (3)

We never get stuff like this in civil court

Tip for public servants: if you’re going to pimp your rig, at least make it look beige. “Backup server” won’t fly. Share and Enjoy:

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2008 03 19 mythago Dumbth
Gaming Comments (2)

Not nice to pick on sick people

Normally when I get a cold it moves down from my sinuses and spends a few days clogging up my chest (oxygen? who needs oxygen?), but this one decided what I really, really needed was the kind of sinus headache that makes your eyeballs want to pop out of  your skull and find refuge in [...]

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2008 03 13 mythago Comments (1)

Dire Geek: +5 Lameness Modifier

I was paging through the various items available for sale on ThinkGeek and found the “Binary Dad” shirt, which is a nice blue shirt spelling “Dad” in binary. (Similar “Mom” and “Kid” shirts are available.) The Queen, looking over my shoulder, asked “Are you going to get that for Daddy?” In all seriousness, I said [...]

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2007 11 12 mythago Gaming Comments (1)

How dare you take us in context!

Cohen & Grigsby of “how to get around immigration law” fame are deeply, deeply saddened that their statements have been “commandeered and misused, which runs contrary to our intent.” I’m sure it was, since their intent was to advise clients on how to make sure no pesky American applicants tanked their ability to hire with [...]

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2007 06 26 mythago Law Comments (1)

The true shortage

is not of skilled personnel or engineers; it’s of employers willing to pay market salaries, rather than rely on H-1B visas to bring in underpaid, indentured workers. Skeptical? Check out this video of attorneys from “progressive law” firm Cohen & Grigsby, explaining how to get around those pesky laws that say you have to try [...]

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2007 06 19 mythago Law Comments (1)

Man-to-man advice

Chris Clarke has some helpful suggestions for gentlemen who wish to discuss sexual harassment, gender on the Internet and stalking in a rational, dispassionate manner. Share and Enjoy:

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2007 04 13 mythago Feminism Comments Off

“They want women out of their worlds”

Among many other good posts in the blogosphere about the harassment of Kathy Sierra is Violet Blue’s piece in the SF Chronicle–correctly pointing out that this isn’t an issue of one tech clique hatin’ on another, but a fairly typical example of the mentality of boys who love computers because computers, unlike women, don’t turn [...]

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2007 03 29 mythago Feminism Comments (2)